ground-controlled approach

ground-controlled approach
/grownd"keuhn trohld'/, Aeron.
a system in which an observer interprets radar observations of the position of an aircraft and transmits continuous instructions to its pilot for landing. Abbr.: GCA Also, ground-control approach.
[1940-45]

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